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  • Thumbnail for Fracture
    Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress. The fracture...
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  • Thumbnail for Basilar skull fracture
    A basilar skull fracture is a break of a bone in the base of the skull. Symptoms may include bruising behind the ears, bruising around the eyes, or blood...
    13 KB (1,133 words) - 06:16, 23 May 2024
  • density Fracture pressure can be defined as pressure required to cause a formation to fail or split. As the name implies, it is the pressure that causes...
    40 KB (5,638 words) - 04:03, 26 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fracture (geology)
    A fracture is any separation in a geologic formation, such as a joint or a fault that divides the rock into two or more pieces. A fracture will sometimes...
    27 KB (3,650 words) - 07:58, 22 April 2024
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    Fracking (redirect from Hydraulic fracture)
    hydraulic pressure is removed from the well, small grains of hydraulic fracturing proppants (either sand or aluminium oxide) hold the fractures open. Hydraulic...
    153 KB (15,859 words) - 11:08, 25 June 2024
  • pressure. If Formation Pressure > Hydrostatic pressure then it is overpressured. Fracture pressure is the amount of pressure it takes to permanently...
    26 KB (4,155 words) - 11:55, 4 July 2023
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    zones in cars. As with other fractures, the site of fracture may be tender to touch and cause a sharp pain if pressure is exerted on the injured area...
    8 KB (948 words) - 11:10, 20 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bone fracture
    A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in...
    46 KB (4,752 words) - 20:11, 17 June 2024
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    brittle fracture). Construction is tested using nondestructive testing, such as ultrasonic testing, radiography, and pressure tests. Hydrostatic pressure tests...
    47 KB (6,155 words) - 17:35, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cervical fracture
    A cervical fracture, commonly called a broken neck, is a fracture of any of the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck. Examples of common causes in humans...
    15 KB (1,517 words) - 03:49, 18 August 2023
  • open fracture, also called a compound fracture, is a type of bone fracture (broken bone) that has an open wound in the skin near the fractured bone....
    35 KB (4,072 words) - 20:14, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Negative-pressure wound therapy
    wounds, closed surgical wounds, open abdominal wounds, open fractures, pressure injuries or pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, venous insufficiency ulcers...
    16 KB (1,719 words) - 15:12, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Skull fracture
    A skull fracture is a break in one or more of the eight bones that form the cranial portion of the skull, usually occurring as a result of blunt force...
    22 KB (2,808 words) - 16:26, 17 January 2024
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    A pelvic fracture is a break of the bony structure of the pelvis. This includes any break of the sacrum, hip bones (ischium, pubis, ilium), or tailbone...
    19 KB (1,894 words) - 04:09, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fracture blister
    within the first 24-48 hours. At the location of the fracture, there is an increase in compartment pressure that is found around the area in limbs where blisters...
    6 KB (728 words) - 14:26, 20 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hip fracture
    otherwise, alternating pressure mattresses should be used. Hip fracture following a fall is likely to be a pathological fracture. The most common causes...
    57 KB (6,215 words) - 01:56, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Compartment syndrome
    affected limb. It is most commonly due to physical trauma such as a bone fracture (up to 75% of cases) or crush injury, but it can also be caused by acute...
    47 KB (5,122 words) - 04:20, 24 June 2024
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    : 445  Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure. Some of these...
    44 KB (5,656 words) - 01:34, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fracture mechanics
    Fracture mechanics is the field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks in materials. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics...
    40 KB (5,886 words) - 05:30, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joint (geology)
    break (fracture) of natural origin in a layer or body of rock that lacks visible or measurable movement parallel to the surface (plane) of the fracture ("Mode...
    21 KB (2,490 words) - 15:22, 5 March 2024
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